Linguistics in pursuit of justice / John Baugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baugh, John, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic linguistics.

Physical Description:

xx, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

[UK] : Clays, St. Ives.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"[The author's] observations piqued his curiosity about the ways that linguistic diversity might be related to the burgeoning Civil Rights movement for racial equality in America. [The author] pursued these ideas whilst traveling internationally only to discover alternative forms of linguistic discrimination in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and South America. He coined the phrase 'linguistic profiling' based on experimental studies of housing discrimination, and expanded upon those findings to promote equity in education, employment, medicine and the law. This book is the product of the culmination of these studies, devoted to the advancement of equality and justice globally."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Linguistics, life, and death

Linguistics, injustice, and inequality

Some linguistic and legal consequences of slavery in the United States

Linguistic profiling

Earwitness testimony and unbiased formulation of auditory lineups - Dialect identification and discrimination in the United States

Formulating discrimination : dimensions of a historical hardship index

Linguistic harassment

Linguistic contributions to the advancement of justice

Shall we overcome?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

110715345X

9781107153455

OCLC:

1001905697